The 390th Strategic Missile Wing Memorial Association is an organization dedicated to preserve the memory of the 390th SMW and the people that gave a part of their lives to support the mission.

390th SMW Reunion News!!!

REUNION 2016 IN TUCSON is over! Good time
for all!

For information and pictures of past and
future reunions
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CCommand and Control

The film "Command and Control" based on the best-selling
book by Eric Schlosser will be aired on January 10th, on PBS. Check your local
TV listings for show times. Click "HERE"
for more information.

Site 570-3 Dedication

The Bureau of Land Management(BLM) dedicated
missile site 570-3 as a historic site on 17 November 2016 at 10AM. It has
been restyled as an ’interpretive walking pad’.
Google Maps Link to site.

Orville
Doughty

We are sad to announce that Orville Doughty, one
of the three Founders of the Titan Missile Museum, passed away this past Sunday,
August 9th, 2015. The Titan Missile Museum and ...National Historic Landmark
exists today in part because of Orv’s vision for creating the museum and his
passion and dedication to making that vision a reality. When the idea of the
museum was proposed to Charles Niblett, the former president of the Tucson Air
Museum Foundation and predecessor of the Arizona Aerospace Foundation, he
contacted Col. Hugh Matheson, USAF (Ret.), the former deputy commander for
maintenance at the 390th SMW, and Lt.Col. Orville Doughty, USAF (Ret.), the
former commander of the 390th Missile Maintenance Squadron. Legend has it that
Charlie dragged Orv and Hugh off the golf course and convinced them to take on
the project for the Foundation because he knew it couldn’t be done otherwise.
Then together, these three men took on the tremendous task of convincing the
Foundation Board, the Air Force, and the Tucson community that this project was
both worthwhile and feasible. Once that was accomplished, among many other
things, Orv and Hugh assembled the archive and the collection, including the
missile in the launch duct, designed the guided tour, and trained the museum’s
volunteers to give that tour. Twenty-nine years later, Orv’s influence can still
be felt at the museum and his legacy will live on for many, many years to come.
Orv’s work and passion has touched the lives of more than a million visitors
from around the world and today we salute him one last time. Thanks Orv and
Godspeed. (from the Titan II Museum
Facebook Page)

Titan II Museum Room
Naming Rights!!

The Titan Missile Museum
has offered the 390th SMW Memorial Association an opportunity to continue to
have our 390th identity perpetuated by purchasing the Naming Rights
to the old Briefing Room. Normally this honor requires a donation of $25,000.
The 390th SMWMA Board of Directors is in favor of the purchase as it
will afford the 390th SMW recognition by all the visitors who use
this room as part of their tour of the site. The Naming Rights is a separate
endeavor and the Museum has offered it to
us for a mere $10,000 as consideration of our past and continuing support. See
the graph at left for current status of
donations!

Pictures of the dedication can be found in the Reunion page
and on our Facebook page.

The Guestbook is no longer available.

Due to more
then 200 spam messages (porno, fake Viagra, etc.) a day posted to the Guestbook
and hackers using a flaw in the last Guestbook to take over the site. A Guestbook
will not be available until one can be found that will filter spam and can not
be hacked.